Whether Skelly is in cabinet (nội các) or not, Mayor Fred Eisenberger has some fence mending to do with the city's lone voice in government.

State-run newspapers in Vietnam and China reported in recent days that senior military officials from the two countries would hold a fence-mending gathering along a border (biên giới) where their militaries (quân đội) fought a brief but bloody war (chiến tranh đẫm máu) in 1979.

He urged him and other party leaders to immediately initiate a fence-mending move to pacify all the aggrieved and unite all the existing caucuses (họp chi bộ) within the party for the dream to reclaim Ekiti from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to come to fruition.

Now, a fence-mending South Korean President, Moon Jae-in has increased hopes that the North can be brought into the fold and that relations can be relaxed, if not normalized. Additionally, U.S. President Trump seems, at least for the moment, to be interested in making some sort of deal among the interested parties. Notwithstanding some wild diplomatic (and decidedly undiplomatic) turns in the story, the leaders of North Korea and United States will hold a summit on June 12, 2018.

...The Waterville Morning Sentinel reports police learned a 29-year-old Waterville woman had gotten into an argument (cãi vã) with her boyfriend earlier that night, prompting her to drag his clothes and a few of his belongings into the street to set them on fire.

A real hothead (người nóng nảy, nóng vội, bộp chộp) has been jailed (tống giam, bỏ tù) for setting his wife’s SUV on fire after she told him he was driving too fast.

Joshua Miller and his wife Sarah had gotten into an argument on the way to their home in Barry, Wales, on March 10 when she asked him to let her out on the side of a road, where she was left without a phone or money. Miller was later spotted in the parked vehicle revving (làm cho máy chạy nhanh hơn, rồ máy, tăng tốc độ vòng quay) the engine (động cơ) before a loud bang was heard, according to court testimony (lời khai tại tòa án), Wales Online reports.

...The Nissan Qasqhai, which is sold in the U.S. as the Nissan Rogue Sport, then caught fire and burned until it was totaled (vỡ tan tành). Emergency services (dịch vụ cứu hộ khẩn cấp) responding to the fire discovered a fuel canister (hộp nhiên liệu) near the scene.

Miller pleaded guilty to arson (cố ý gây hỏa hoạn, đốt phá (nhà cửa...)) and driving without a full license or insurance and was given an eight-month jail sentence, along with a driving ban for 10 months and a day.